Too Many Priorities: The 10 Top Communications Challenges Facing PR in 2021
Top communications challenges are 1) too many priorities 2) cutting through the noise and 3) working with “leaders that don’t understand comms” (36%) – educating execs is “superpower” When businesses face a problem they don’t know how to solve, it...Read More
What Makes Marketing and PR so Hard [in 30 Seconds or Less]
I’ve shared this idea a couple of times before, but it still seems so relevant: Just because a message is sent doesn’t mean it’s been received. Just because it’s been received doesn’t mean it’s been understood. Just because it’s been...Read More
The News May Be Recycling Much of its Content; Implications for PR and Content Marketing
Amid layoffs and closures stemming from the pandemic, news organizations are republishing political content leaving less time and space for business news Survey data shows media relations keeps getting harder, but now there’s a new analysis of content being published...Read More
28 Plus Public Relations Resources to Brush up and Stay Sharp in Comms
A carefully curated list of public relations resources like newsletters, blogs, podcasts, trades and books for staying up to speed in comms The other day Google alerted me to the fact someone had mentioned this blog in response to this...Read More
45-plus Places to Find Communications and Public Relations Jobs
Find public relations jobs by looking in professional associations, trade publications and recruiters that specialize in PR; here’s a list. In early 2011, I published a blog post with “20 places to look for a PR job.” Many of the...Read More
An Eclectic but Intriguing Mix of 32 Statistics that Summarize Public Relations and Marketing in 2019
I review a lot of marketing studies and surveys – and write about the one I think will be helpful for readers. For the last few years, I go back through every post and pull out the most interesting statistics...Read More
3 Studies Demonstrate How Earned Media Drives Behavior and Credibility [UML]
One of the things I always strived to do – both when I was in-house and now in my consulting work – is teach. I want clients, prospects, peers and superiors to understand what I’m doing and why. As a...Read More
7 Perspectives on Confessions from an Anonymous PR Person
The online trade publication Digiday runs an anonymous confessional series for marketers. Typically, it involves a representative from an advertising agency ranting about the wrongdoings of the industry. Recently, however, the column took aim at public relations agencies — Confessions...Read More
The 7 Most Read and 7 Least Read Posts on Sword and the Script for 2018; Plus 7 Recommended Posts that are Worth Your Reading While
Happy New Year! This blog published about 60 new posts in 2018. While some years have seen more, and some years have seen less, that’s about on par with the average over the last few years. New posts go up...Read More
26+ Thoughtful Marketing Predictions that Could Actually Happen in 2019 Across PR, Content, Digital, Social Media and Customer Success
Prediction posts have their critics that often rightly cite hyperbole and nonsense – but this post isn’t one of those by any stretch. Instead, what you’ll find here are well-considered ideas that equal parts analysis and aspiration. As I’m wont...Read More
